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“ventricular folds”
One of the upper two vocal cords that are not involved with vocalization: The ventricular folds, or false vocal cords, of mucous membrane are parallel to or above the true vocal cords and function as a protective measure in preventing the penetration of food or liquids.
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ventricul-, ventriculo- +
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